The Plastics Dilemma is Real

The Plastics Dilemma is Real
“The world will continue to accumulate more and more plastic. The benefits associated with plastics contrast with the way the world manages its end-of-life disposal, thereby creating the “Plastics Dilemma”. ”

Created through the essential nature of plastics vs mismanagement of plastic waste.

  • Single Use is applied to most plastics applications both discretionary and essential
  • Discretionary uses or bans account for a fraction of all single-use applications.
  • Managing Plastic waste without creating unacceptable impacts on the human condition

 

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Impacting all industries

The End-to-End Situation

  • Plastics end-of-life situation gets much worse before it gets better.
  • Unprecedented investments in scaled technology and infrastructure of recycling is critical to address the increasing demand gap.
  • Effective management of plastics waste will require a
  • the fundamental shift in priorities by all stakeholders.

The New Rules

  • The policy will drive the transition; carbon will determine the competitive positioning
  • Across the value chain, stakeholders are seeking an effective policy that supports a fair competitive environment.

Competitive stakes

 

Success is possible, but the competitive stakes have never been higher.

 

  • Scenario analyses suggest recycling can be competitive at scale with comparable investment compared to “business as usual”
  • Competitive positioning will develop using a new set of rules.  
  • Viable economic and carbon emissions business models are embryonic — supporting policy and accelerated scaling of assets needed to drive change and address tradeoffs to carbon emissions

Moving to a Circular Economy

The transition to a circular model for plastics is underway and taking place within the broader structural shifts within the energy transition.

Chemical Market Analytics, Circular Plastics Services, provides a comprehensive, scenario-based evaluation of how the plastics value chain is expected to transition from a linear to a circular economy.

Helping you address key questions including:

  • How do companies understand and sort through the complex interplay between production and recycling economics, emissions, societal needs, and resources?
  • To what degree and at what pace will post-consumer recycling infrastructure and technology scale and accelerate to meet targets?
  • How do companies define their competitive position in a circular environment?
  • How will economics for circularity be developed; and what role will policy play?
  • What is the potential for any unintended consequences of regulations and policies along the entire value chain?

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